Sunday, May 2, 2010

DIFFERENT KINDS OF NUMBERS NUMBERS

Dear All

Do you know any perfect human being! May be NO... But, in mathematics there are the numbers which are perfect. Let us consider the following definition:
Perfect number -number whose divisors (except itself) add up to itself. For example,. 28 is a perfect number. Its proper divisors are {1, 2, 4, 7, 14} and 1 +2 +4 +7 +14 = 28.
Well, Can you find the smallest perfect number?
All perfect numbers less than 500.
Is 360 a perfect number?
Find out more about perfect numbers and explore the beautiful world of numbers!

1 comment:

  1. 6 is the smallest perfect number.

    Factors of 6= 1,2,3

    1+2+3=6

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